How Exceptional Was Strom Thurmond?
From: Robert A. Lynn Re: VDARE.com: 12/21/03 – Strom Thurmond Really Was Exceptional! The late U.S. Senator Thurmond didn’t land a glider during the D-Day operation but parachuted in. He was attached to the 82nd Airborne Division from the Civil Affairs Section of the First Army Group. He was awarded 18 decorations, medals, and awards of which some are provided here: the Combat Infantryman’s Badge or CIB, Basic Airborne Wings with one (1) star for a combat jump, Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster, one (1) Bronze Star for Valor, one (1) Purple Heart, the Belgian Order of the Crown, and the French Croix de Guerre. I hope this corrects the record of an outstanding Southern gentleman and a true Son of the South. VDARE.COM comments: Our research indicates that it was a glider, although we did find references to him having parachuted in. Perhaps this is because most people have forgotten about the glider infantry of WWII. Thurmond was 42 when he landed, which is pretty old to be landing in
